Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.04 / 7.10 : hsqldb, openoffice.org/-amd64 vulnerabilities (USN-609-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 32189

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

It was discovered that arbitrary Java methods were not filtered out when opening databases in OpenOffice.org. If a user were tricked into running a specially crafted query, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary Java with user privileges. (CVE-2007-4575)

Multiple memory overflow flaws were discovered in OpenOffice.org's handling of Quattro Pro, EMF, and OLE files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, a remote attacker might be able to execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2007-5745, CVE-2007-5746, CVE-2007-5747, CVE-2008-0320).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/609-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 32189

File Name: ubuntu_USN-609-1.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/9/2008

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:broffice.org, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:hsqldb-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libhsqldb-java, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libhsqldb-java-doc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libhsqldb-java-gcj, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmythes-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libuno-cil, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozilla-openoffice.org, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-base, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-calc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-core, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-dev-doc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-draw, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-dtd-officedocument1.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-evolution, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-filter-binfilter, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org2-base, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org2-calc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-filter-mobiledev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-filter-so52, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-gcj, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-gnome, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-gtk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-gtk-gnome, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-headless, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-impress, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-java-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-kde, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-l10n-en-us, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-l10n-in, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-l10n-za, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-math, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-officebean, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-qa-api-tests, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-qa-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-report-builder, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-sdbc-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-style-andromeda, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-style-crystal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-style-default, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-style-hicontrast, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-style-human, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-style-industrial, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-style-tango, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-writer, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org2-draw, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org2-evolution, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org2-gnome, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org2-impress, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org2-kde, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org2-math, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org2-writer, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-uno, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ttf-opensymbol, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2008

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Metasploit (OpenOffice OLE Importer DocumentSummaryInformation Stream Handling Overflow)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4575, CVE-2007-5745, CVE-2007-5746, CVE-2007-5747, CVE-2008-0320

BID: 26703, 28819

CWE: 119, 189, 94

USN: 609-1